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i saw the dodgers trade for 2.5 billion dollars, a los angeles dodgers for 2.5 billion dollars and here manchester united comes public and nobody wants to invest in companies, supposed to go public at 18. goes public at 14. falls from 14 to 12. soros unbeknowns to us and we were the two major buyers between 14 and 12 and i think we bought somewhere around 4 million shares and the stock is now 16 or 17 and the thing was really interesting about it, it was being valued for less than $2 billion. and then so the dodgers were 2.5. this is worth 2. this had 500 million people around the world watching this sport, the most popular sport in the world, iconic brand. what was interesting about it is they thought they were going to go from $400 million to $1 billion in revenues and make $400 million a year in profits over the next six, seven, eight years. as they reprised -- it's a media property. and media properties are interesting for sports because they get people to watch the shows. oh, and by the way, talk about -- >> wait, wait, wait, before you do. can you stay with us for a moment, and in
i saw the dodgers trade for 2.5 billion dollars, a los angeles dodgers for 2.5 billion dollars and here manchester united comes public and nobody wants to invest in companies, supposed to go public at 18. goes public at 14. falls from 14 to 12. soros unbeknowns to us and we were the two major buyers between 14 and 12 and i think we bought somewhere around 4 million shares and the stock is now 16 or 17 and the thing was really interesting about it, it was being valued for less than $2 billion....
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the mcdouble is above $1 in places like los angeles. we'll keep an eyen what's happening with some of these commodity prices. right now, i'll send it over to you. >> a buck. >> i can't believe they can do it for a dollar. >> i don't think they're making enough money on that. in the meantime, let's get the national forecast from alex wallace. i need to know what's going to happen this week jebd and in new orleans. >> new orleans is going to be looking pretty good. we have dry skies, temperatures will be pretty comfortable tkly for game time and for tailgates outside. so looking good in the big easy. not looking great in the mid-atlantic. the good news is, it is going to be moving pretty quickly. maybe an inch to two opinion sxabd the view and is right around the great lakes, all the great lakes are active at this point with lake-effect snow coming off of ontario, erie, michigan, you name it. we've got snow showers out there in place for us. that will be the case as we progress on through the weekend. one of the reasons why, the cold air
the mcdouble is above $1 in places like los angeles. we'll keep an eyen what's happening with some of these commodity prices. right now, i'll send it over to you. >> a buck. >> i can't believe they can do it for a dollar. >> i don't think they're making enough money on that. in the meantime, let's get the national forecast from alex wallace. i need to know what's going to happen this week jebd and in new orleans. >> new orleans is going to be looking pretty good. we have...
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economist jeffrey cleveland is joining us -- wow -- that's interesting, live all the way from los angeles. jeff, welcome. >> good morning. >> how are you? > steve liesman is in the studio and, steve, we were just talking to robert about housing. what should we look for? >> stepdown in housing starts. we had a pretty good month in december and we give it up in january and the question is whether or not it is seen as a trend with the numbers disappointing as well taking a one month drop when reported earlier this week. the other thing is ppi. that quill tick up in the headline with -- that will tick up in the headline with a lot of economists talking about ticking up of january in the index. >> here we go. housing starts 890,000. that is down 8 1/2% because last month was 954, upgraded to 973, shifted down to 890. if we look at the permit side, last week upgraded and did improve to 925,000 to a neighborhood slightly less than 2%. producer price index for january up 1 -- sorry, teasing you, up .2 of 1%, strip out the all important food and energy, which has horsepower these days, also u up.2
economist jeffrey cleveland is joining us -- wow -- that's interesting, live all the way from los angeles. jeff, welcome. >> good morning. >> how are you? > steve liesman is in the studio and, steve, we were just talking to robert about housing. what should we look for? >> stepdown in housing starts. we had a pretty good month in december and we give it up in january and the question is whether or not it is seen as a trend with the numbers disappointing as well taking a one...
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even in los angeles and phoenix. hey, no issues. no problems whatsoever. it will be beautiful for you. even in denver, partly cloudy with 40 degrees. there may be a few issues in terms of your travel in these key cities. mainly nashville due to the rain. minor delays in miami. also in pittsburgh, minor delays possible mainly to the afternoon when showers kick in. that's your forecast. let's send it back to you guys. >> thanks, reynolds. you see -- >> we're doing this in -- >> notation. i had it yesterday. i had it yesterday. thanks, reynolds. it is over half a billion dollars because carl is now -- >> 4.1 billion in capital. >> right. 11.4 times ten to the sixth had.0 times ten to the seventh, is that comes out to -- you add the zero so that comes out to almost a billion, sir martin. half a billion. 600 million. >> i was more interesting in what when you were saying about the technology companies. you were? >> yes. about those switches between companies. we were a great believe ner google, in the strength of google. the areas that they're in and -- >> nor
even in los angeles and phoenix. hey, no issues. no problems whatsoever. it will be beautiful for you. even in denver, partly cloudy with 40 degrees. there may be a few issues in terms of your travel in these key cities. mainly nashville due to the rain. minor delays in miami. also in pittsburgh, minor delays possible mainly to the afternoon when showers kick in. that's your forecast. let's send it back to you guys. >> thanks, reynolds. you see -- >> we're doing this in -- >>...
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but if you were somebody, let's say you were living in los angeles and you're driving maybe 75 or 80 miles a day, maybe going to work and maybe you're going somewhere else, you're running a few errands, more than enough power to get you around. and that's why the adoption has been so strong early on out in california. and we're starting to see it on the east coast, too. >> andrew was right. he was talking about how it's not a car that's set up to do some of the tests that we're doing. this is more of a car that does exactly what you were talking about. that makes more sense. >> for now, definitely. >> by the way, do we think in two or three years, they're going to have a car that's got more of an extended range? is that coming? >> i think so. they're fairly optimistic that the technology and the research that's being done with regard to lithium ion batteries, with regard to that as well as advancements in the software and the vehicle, that they're fairly optimistic that they will be able to extend that range over time. and we should point out, guys, you know, they've got three range
but if you were somebody, let's say you were living in los angeles and you're driving maybe 75 or 80 miles a day, maybe going to work and maybe you're going somewhere else, you're running a few errands, more than enough power to get you around. and that's why the adoption has been so strong early on out in california. and we're starting to see it on the east coast, too. >> andrew was right. he was talking about how it's not a car that's set up to do some of the tests that we're doing....